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April 10, 1928. 1,665,711

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UNITED STATES LEO A. LUX, OF ROCKY RIVER, OHIO.

CONTAINER.

Application filed January 18, 1924. Serial No. 687,027.

This invention relates to containers for various products, and particularly to duplex containers suitable for packing or shipping together two kinds of material or articles.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved container of duplex form, for the purposes mentioned, in which each of the two containers may be of standard or stock form to thereby avoid any necessity for special and otherwise expensive structural features or forming operations.

A further object of the invention is to provide a duplex container which is adapted to various uses, in which the parts may be readily assembled, and in which the second or inner container is carried by the closure for the first or outer container and is therefore immediately exposed to view upon opening the package, so that one unfamiliar with the package cannot fail to discover the existence of the second container.

A further object of the invention is to provide a very simple construction for this purpose that dies not materially increase and in fact diminishes the cost of packing and shipping the goods.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly broken out and in section, of one form of container embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a detail section on the line 22, Fig. 1, with part of the inner container broken out and in section; and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a modification.

In packing and shipping goods it is frequently desirable to enclose or assemble with a larger package or container of one material a second package or container of some other material. For example, roofing cement or paint or other coating material in liquid form is usually shipped in metal drums of various sizes up to or more gallons. The user of such cement or coating material practically invariably also requires a plastic or semi-solid cement for patching breaks in the roof or repairing the flashings, and with sixty gallons of the coating compound would require, say, one-half to one gallon of plastic cement. The cement is of various compositions and may be furnished to the user as a plastic, but in some cases the user may be furnished with a small quantity of asbestos fibre in dry form to be converted into plastic cement by the addition thereto of some of the coating compound, thinning it to Whatever conlsistency is desired, or some other mate M21.

The drawings show a container for the particular purpose described. It comprises an ordinary metallic drum or vessel 1 having a cylindrical body beaded to form rolling bands 2 and at its ends provided with end caps or heads 3 and chimes 4, one of the end caps having a filling opening 5. The openings in drums of various sizes are more or less standard, usually being 9, 12 or 15 inches in diameter. This drum is closed or sealed by a closure member 6, which is of shallow pan form of proper size to be pressed tightly into the opening 5. Usually after the closure is pressed into place the lower portion of its side wall or flange 7 is beaded or pressed outwardly, as at 8, beneath the edge of the end cap 3 by a suitable rolling or beading tool so as to tightly seal the joint.

According to my invention this ordinary stock or standard pan-shaped closure for the first or outer container is made the support for the second or inner container, which may be of any suitable form, but is shown as an ordinary tin can having a body portion 9 and a cover 9 of ordinary form pressed into the end of the can to a tight seal or fit thereon. The inner container may suitably be of the same style as an ordinary paint pail, having'soldered or otherwise socured to its side wall two oppositely disposed hollow sheet metal bosses 10 each provided with an opening 11 into which is hooked the bail or carrying handle 12.

The drum closure 6 is provided on its inner surface with suitable means for supporting the inner container. In Fig. 2 this means comprises two oppositely disposed sheet metal bands or strips 13 of L form, one leg of each being soldered, welded or otherwise secured to the inner surface of the closure and the other leg of each being provided with an opening 1 to receive a boss 10 of the inner container. Instead of the sheet metal strips 13 shown in Fig. 2 other carrying means may be employed, for example the wires 15 shown in Fig. 3, said wires being soldered or otherwise secured to the drum closure and having their lower ends bent to form hooks 16 which enter the openings in the bosses 12. With the first or strip form the carrying bail for the secondary container may be left in place, but such a bail is usually unnecessary and may be omitted, in which case the wires 15 are suitable.

The parts are preferably so proportioned and arranged that the top or cover of the secondary container lies close to the inner surface of closure 6, and is so held by the carrying means, thereby avoiding wobbling or swinging motion of the inner container in the drum during transportation. Also, to avoid escape of the secondary container from its supporting means it may be wired or otherwise secured in place, such as by wrapping one or more wires 17 around the container and its supporting members 13 or 15.

In use of the package the dry asbestos fibre, plastic compound or other material is filled into the secondary container which is then closed with its cover. The closed c0ntainer is then sprung into place between its resilient supports on the inner face of the drum closure 6 and is bound or wired in place if necessary. After filling the drum with the coating compound or cement the drum closure is put in place and beaded to a tight seal. The two packages may there fore be shipped as a single package, avoiding any necessity of separate billing or itemizing in the accounts, of separate bills of lading or package marking during shipping, or of the delivery of one container without the other. Purchasers of the cement are also more than glad to sacrifice the volume 0' cement or paint occupied by the secondary container for the convenience of simultaneous delivery of the two parcels, so that the net result of the construction may be a saving in material and the package practically more than pays for itself.

The package may also be used for other materials and for other purposes. For. example, the secondary container may be used to enclose special directions for use of the material in the main container, or the main and secondary containers may be more nearly of like size or content and made to include two separate ingredients of fire extinguishing apparatus or indeed any other materials or substances.

What I claim is:

1. A structure of the character described, comprising a main container provided with an opening, a closure for said opening, a secondary container provided with bail receiving bosses, and strip portions on said closure provided with openings therein to receive said bosses for securing the secondary container thereto.

2. A structure oi the character described, comprising a main container provided with an opening, a closure for said opening, a secondary container provided with a re1novable closure, and means for detachab-ly securing said secondary container to the closure of said main container with the closure of said secondary container in engagement with but free of connection to the closure of said main container whereby the closure of said secondary container is maintained in proper position, whereby said main and secondarycontainers with their respective closures are adapted for independent use.

3. A structure of the character described, comprising a main container provided with an opening, a readily removable closure member for said opening, a secondary container member provided with an opening, a. closure for the opening of said secondary container member, one of said members being provided with projections and arms carried by the other of said members and having openings to removably receive the projections of said first member whereby said secondary container member is detachably secured to the closure member of said main container.

In testimony whereof I hereby atfix my signature.

LEO A. LUX. 

